Coin-operated vending-machine.



W. J. JANURON..

COIN OPERATED VENDING'MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED -MAR. I1, 1918.

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To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, WILFRED J. JnnDRoN, a,citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county ofRamsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful CoinOperated Vending Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to coin-operated vending machines, and the objectis to provide a capacious, cheap, simple and easily operated machine ofsaid kind for disposing of chewing gums and other articles put up insmall packages andplaced for sale to the public Without any salesmanorclerk toattend to the sales.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a top or plan view ofthe-improved vending machine with the cover removed and some of theduplicate parts omitted. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 in Fig. 1,the machinery inside being intact except that the shaft 19 and lever 2.7to theright are intersected as on the line aa to the left in Fig. 2. Inthis view, the cover is shown in section and the main frame or casing ofthe machine is reduced in height by breaking away the middle portion ofit, and a portion of the wall 6 is also broken away to expose thegoods-lifting shelf 14 and rod 12 back of it. Fig. 3 is a left side viewof a small portion of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line72-?) in Fig. 2 with the coincontrolling wheel slightly modified.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 5 designates a hollowpreferably four-cornered base, upon which is fixed a goods cabinet 6having in each of its four walls an outlet port 7 for goods. In themiddle of said cabinet is fixed a tower 8 having four lateral wings 9which together with the tower and the cabinet 6 produce four goodsmagazines 10, 10, 10, 10 one adjacent each of the ports 7.

Slidably' guided in a vertical groove 11 in each side of the tower 8 isarod 12 having at its upper end a finger catch 13 and at its bottom enda skeletoned or fork-like shelf 14, upon which the goods are piled asindicated by the packages 15. 15 shows a partly ejected package and 15packages delivered from the magazines upon the base' ready to beremoved. All the magazines are protected by a single cover 16, which maybe secured by any suitable means against unwarranted access to thegoods.

The coin controlled delivery devices, one at'each'port' 7, being allalike only one of them need bedescribed and is as-follows: The port 7 isnormally closed or obstructed by one of four radial arms 17 ofa wheel orspider 18.. Said spider is fixedon a horizontal shaft '19 which isjournaled in a stand 20 andin one wall of the base; it projects beyondsaid wall and is there provided with 'afinger operated wheel or spider21, which is partly concealed and protected by a housing 22. Fixed onthe shaft 19 is also a 'wheel23 having four cams 24,'each with ashoulder 25 at'the baseof it, (see Fig. 4' and to the right and left inFig. 2). V

adjacent each Wheel23 is fulcrumed at25 in a post 26 a lever 27, havingatone end a lateral. arm 28 which normally partly obstructs thelower endof a coin chute 29. The other end of the lever is normally held down bya weight30 fixed on it, so it rests w1th.a lateral pin 31 in thelowerendof a 'slot.32 in a vertical arm 33 of a weight 34,

which normally rests upon a support 35.

The machine as illustrated is supposed to be operated by five centpieces, one of which is shown as 36 in Fig. 2. No larger coin will passdown the chute, and if a coin of a smaller size be dropped in, it passesthrough without operating the lever 27. But if a nickel or five centpiece, or any other size diameter of coin for which the machine isintended to be operated, be dropped into the chute, the coin will act onthe lever 27 to the extent of tilting it beyond the adjacent shoulder 25of the wheel 23; in that position the pin 31 engages the upper end ofthe slot 32 and thereby holds the lever in a partly tilted position butstill supporting the coin. The operator is then to take hold of thefinger wheel 21 and pull the upper arm of it from the left to the rightposition as indicated by the arrow 37 in Fig. 3.' This turning movementof the shaft causes the adjacent cam 24 to further depress the lever 27until the coin drops into the base and one of the arms 17 ejects one ofthe packages out upon the base, said arm passing as from 17 to 17 inFig. 2, and leaves arm 17 in the position 17 so as to guard the port 7.This last mentioned operation of the lever 27 being caused by the camface 24, it raises the Weight 34 while the cam passes the lever,whereupon the lever 27 and the weight 34 drop again into normal positionso that the next Shoulder 25 of theiwheel will engage the lever andpreventoperation of the machine until another coin: of the right sizehas been deposited in-the chute. In order to reach more easily all sidesof the machine, the latter is mounted torotate ona stud A fixed in aplate B, which plate may besecured by screw C upon a counter or othersupport D.

What I claim is 1. In a coin operated vendingmachine, a

- hollow base, a plurality of goods'magazines fixed upon the base andhaving each an outletport for goods and arranged to operate 15.

near its base a radial shoulder, a coin chute,

a horizontal beam lever fulcrumed in the base and having a light endpartly obstructing the lower end of the chute and a heavier andsupported end arranged to hold the light end normally in its upperposition and engagedwith one of the cam shoulders, an auxiliary weightarranged to engage the heavy end of the lever,;and thus permit onlypartial tilting of the lever by a coin in the chute, and means fixed onthe outer end of the shaft for taking hold of in turning the shaft so asto overcome the auxiliary weight and cause each cam to complete thetilting of the lever, whereby the coin is allowed to pass it and thespider to eject the goods paid for. V

2. Inv a coin operated vending machine,

' the combination with a coin chute, a beam lever having a heavysupported end, and a lighter end heldin partly obstructing positionatthe lower end of the chute, an auxiliary normally supported Weight nearthe heavy end of the lever and being connected to saidlever by a jointhaving a vertical play in it, a shaft and hand operated means forrotating it, a spider fixed on the shaft and arranged to feed the goodsfrom the machine an equal amount by each arm, a cam wheel fixed on theshaft and having a cam for each arm on the spider, and near each cam ashoulder for the light end of the v lever to engage and arrest rotationof the shaft until a coin has acted on the lever to tilt it intoposition to be further operated "by the cam against the resistance ofthe auxiliary weight. v

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

W. J. JANDRON.

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